It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like

Halloween!

1. Pumpkins, 2. Pumpkin Man, 3. Welcome Halloween, 4. Pooh Pumpkin, 5. Little Bo Peep and Her Kitties, 6. Broom Straps Sign, 7. Four Pumpkins, 8. Black Pumpkin, 9. Ghosts

Thank you to our hostesses:

Mary for Mosaic Monday

and

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday.

Wishing YOU well and a JOY filled weekend.

A Happy Halloween

 

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A Hallowe'en merry, a Hallowe'en bright,

Though pumpkins make faces

and ghosts walk at night,

Let no noises scare you, and don't start to run,

For 'tis but a joke, and Hallowe'en fun.

From the back of the postcard:

Ellen Clapsaddle, Postcard, N.D.

There is quite a bit of information online about Ellen Clapsaddle.
Here's just a tidbit.


"Clapsaddle's illustrations are favorites of many, and she published more than three thousand signed postcards and designed countless more unsigned pictures.  Over half of her illustrations are of children, and the rest are more general scenes.  She was born the year the Civil War ended, an only child, attended a country school and graduated from Richfield Springs Seminary, New York, in 1882.  A self-taught artist, she gave private painting lessons until she attended Cooper Institute in New York City. There, she contracted to work for the International Art Company (IAC), and relocated to Germany to design articles as diverse as porcelain, calendars and greeting cards.  She returned to the U.S. in 1906 to become principal artist for the Wolf Company, a subsidiary of IAC.

She was a very prolific artist, and her designs reflect the entire spectrum of seasonal and holiday themes, drawing upon folklore, traditions, games and nursery rhymes.  Unlike other artists whose illustrations were adapted for postcards, Clapsaddle designed specifically for the medium.

During the height of her career with IAC, she invested her earnings in the booming German postcard industry. While on a business trip to Germany in August of 1914, World War I broke out.  In the confusion and destruction, Clapsaddle became stranded and ultimately destitute.  One of the Wolf Company partners went to Germany and, after a six month search, found her in poor health.  She returned safely to the U.S., but her health declined and she lost the ability to work. She died thirteen years later at the Peabody Home in New York. "


Thank you to the lovely Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday each week.

Good Morning!

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Tea For One

There is a wonderful shop in my Village called The British Isles.

Tea cups and tea pots and tea and tea things everywhere you look.

A feast for tea lovers.

I went in one day with a dear friend and I splurged on a Tea For One.

There were many tea for ones to pick from,  

but this caught my eye from the start.

It was so different from all the others with its parrots, butterflies and flowers.

Simple and makes me smile!

It is designed by Nina Campbell for Roy Kirkham.

Before the Royal Wedding, I checked the British Isles for

Harney and Sons special Wedding Tea blend

and they didn't have any.

But, as you can see, they got more in and I put my new 

Tea for One to work with the Wedding Tea

(black tea, roses and vanilla).

Thanks to our tea party hostesses.

These are just a few of the tea parties in the Land of Blog.

Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday

Tea Time Tuesday

Teacup Tuesday

Tea Party Tuesday

Tuesday Tea For Two

Wishing YOU well and a wonderful cup of tea! 

My World: Tut

King Tut and some of his friends are coming to visit in October!

 

Be sure to see what else is going on around the world here.

Wishing YOU well and a JOY filled week.